I have seen toddler behave more adults then these two. Boo-fucking-hoo what you feel. Now kiss and make up already and let the grownups buy your products.
They will be able to count. I doubt that they will actually do so. What people do is go out and then go home at a certain time.
Say that in that time you have 5 pints out of pint glasses, but because you now drink out of a straight glass, you will have only 4. That is 20% less consumption.
No matter what company you are working for, 20% less sales is a LOT.
Or look at it the other way around. Imagine that you are a company that sells beer in straight glasses. Going to curved ones can increase your sales by 25%.
In Belgium Stella Artois is chaging the Stella straight glasses for curved ones. They do not change the beer. They do it purely out of marketing reasons. Make the beer classier and not compete with their other standard beer Jupiller. They estimated that the whole image change will take about 10 years. Turn it into a classier beer. And all this without changing the taste of it.
America has fulfilled that role for the las 200 years, so if we do something like shoot guns at a crowd, other think it must be okay.
Uh, sorry? You might believe that you are the bestest country. You might shout it every day and wave the flag all you want, but it isn't 200 years. If anything, perhaps from the 60-ies till the 90-ies. That is about one generation. And I am being generous.
I have never expected the USofA to be the good guys. Not anymore then I expect that from China or Russia or any country. If it happens it is great. If not, it is business as usual.
Some periods countries are the bad guys. Sometimes they are the good guys.
And you are NOT the worlds symbol of democracy. You are the laughing stock with your two-party system and the power to the companies.
I'd like to see the Republicans put out of everyone's misery, and replaced with another party
Please not replace. Add parties to make people have a REAL choice. That way you can be pro-gun and pro-gay marriage and whatever your choice is.
Will this make politics more complicated? Sure. Nobody says it should be easy.
Oh and while you are at it, see how you can solve the lobbying problem and get a government that is by the people for the people, not for those who can buy the people.
Because it is not about the orange or the CD. It is about the money in your wallet. You have it. They don't and they want it, so it must be theft, because otherwise they would have it.
This was inteded as a wordplay on DDR: Deutsche Demokratische Republik (East Germany) and Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and just now I see that it is a bit scarier then that. Both Republicans and the Democrats are in the name. And as there is a two party system, this means that in reality, it really IS the Democratic Republic of America like the two states I wanted to do the wordplay on.
Many people say that this is not normal behavior for the police and the courts to do what is done and going on. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is most likely a duck.
Anybody (from Sweden) knows of similar cases where women were allegedly raped, withdraw their statement and then it was reinstated by a lawyer? Some Swedish lawyer or law student here? Perhaps this is standard practice in Sweden to still go after rapists when the women don't dare to anymore, because most rapes happen in the home environment. This would sound very reasonable, but I never heard anybody state such a thing.
Also are there cases where the alleged rapists left the country and then there was a request to Interpol to extradite him back to Sweden?
It would be nice to know what Swedish lawyers have to say about this. I am interested not if it is all legal (it will be) but if this is standard practice.
If it is, no problem and the media just went after it, because he is somewhat famous. If it isn't, then they want him out of the way and Sweden has signed something to deport him to Gitmo.
Obviously now this could have changed as well and when he goes, he will be told there were no charges and Sweden can say they are still a free country, thanks to things becoming public. (Oh the irony)
OTOH they could let him leave to a third country that will then extradite him to the Democratic Republic of America and Sweden can say their hands are clean.
When I die, things will belong to those who inherit it. They will get the things I own. This is including my car including the gasoline in that car and also any debts I have.
If you have books from the library, they will still belong to the library when I die. They will not suddenly belong to those who I mentioned in my will. Things I do not own, they will not get. e.g. they will not get my car if it is leased. I am not the owner, so they do not get it from me. It was never mine to give away.
And here lies the REAL issue. We do not own the things we think we own. We do not actually buy things, we lease or borrow them. The music does not belong to us. I can imagine a future where people will not be able to actually own things. Your clothes will be owned by whatever brand you wear. Your music belongs to Apple. Your OS belongs to Microsoft. Your computer belongs to Dell.
Contracts can't also not take away certain rights, even if you signed them. e.g. if I would sign a contract that says that my hardware is only supported for one year instead of the legal two (or is it now three) years standard in Europe, I would still be able to require support after 15 months.
Even if both parties agree on the terms, of a contract, there might be laws that could rule against it. e.g. signing a contract to work for less then minimal wage.
Sometimes it is unpossible to sign away your rights.
With a payment process, you should be forwarded to a different website. The website of the processor will then become the new top level. This site then can forward you to the previous site.
And I prefer it that way. I rather not have a company handle the payment and another delivering the merchandise.
That way there is no need for the company where I buy to have my credit card details. Is it foolproof? No, but more secure then giving my details to company X.
People are taking the piss out of you everyday. They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you're not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you.
You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.
Fuck that.
Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours. Itâ(TM)s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head. You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don't owe them any courtesy. They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don't even start asking for theirs.
Furthermore, it is a medical procedure being performed on someone who is not you, therefore you have no say in the matter.
We (as in we, the people) have a say in other peoples medical procedures all the time. We tell people that they are not allowed to take certain substances for medical reasons. We have a say in what other people are allowed to do all the time. We tell them they must wear a seat-belt or a helmet. So why not here?
Just like the Mafia offers the ability to keep my knees? That is a treat, not an offer. Please know the difference.
And you wonder why the rest of the world sees the USofA as a bully asking for your lunch money in return of not being beaten up. And you wonder why the rest of the world hates you and want to kick your as and kill your people. Those people do not hate your freedom. They hate your politics.
An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life: A fight is going on inside me, he said to the boy. It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. This same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too. The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather,Which wolf will win? The old Cherokee simply replied, The one you feed.
I think it is important to understand that the average Japanese person was not generally supportive of those acts. Just like in Nazi Germany most of the population was tired of war and would not have supported mass slaughter had they known exactly what was happening and had the power to do anything about it.
Just as a reference for future readers from the future, please let it be known that there are some people against the different wars (e.g. on drugs), the way terrorism is fought, water-boarding and Gitmo in the USofA. And even if they know, they are unable (and some unwilling) to do anything against it.
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I have seen toddler behave more adults then these two.
Boo-fucking-hoo what you feel. Now kiss and make up already and let the grownups buy your products.
They will be able to count. I doubt that they will actually do so.
What people do is go out and then go home at a certain time.
Say that in that time you have 5 pints out of pint glasses, but because you now drink out of a straight glass, you will have only 4. That is 20% less consumption.
No matter what company you are working for, 20% less sales is a LOT.
Or look at it the other way around. Imagine that you are a company that sells beer in straight glasses. Going to curved ones can increase your sales by 25%.
In Belgium Stella Artois is chaging the Stella straight glasses for curved ones. They do not change the beer. They do it purely out of marketing reasons. Make the beer classier and not compete with their other standard beer Jupiller. They estimated that the whole image change will take about 10 years. Turn it into a classier beer. And all this without changing the taste of it.
So now I have Betamax, VHS, Laserdisk, DVD and Blueray. Soon I must buy everything again for my UHDTV.
In Soviet Russia, the government protects your privacy.
(Head LITERALLY explodes!)
There, fixed that for you.
Perhaps finally something that makes women interested in science.
I do not want life insurance.
I want all people to be genuinely grieving when I die.
Dr. Pepper. I think I saw him on Fox News and they don't let just anybody on. It IS a news channel, right.
http://escape.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/safety-card-fight-club.jpg and http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0137523/quotes?qt0479098
Because it is not about the orange or the CD. It is about the money in your wallet. You have it. They don't and they want it, so it must be theft, because otherwise they would have it.
This was inteded as a wordplay on DDR: Deutsche Demokratische Republik (East Germany) and Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and just now I see that it is a bit scarier then that.
Both Republicans and the Democrats are in the name. And as there is a two party system, this means that in reality, it really IS the Democratic Republic of America like the two states I wanted to do the wordplay on.
Scary.
That is what they want you to believe.
Many people say that this is not normal behavior for the police and the courts to do what is done and going on. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it is most likely a duck.
Anybody (from Sweden) knows of similar cases where women were allegedly raped, withdraw their statement and then it was reinstated by a lawyer? Some Swedish lawyer or law student here? Perhaps this is standard practice in Sweden to still go after rapists when the women don't dare to anymore, because most rapes happen in the home environment. This would sound very reasonable, but I never heard anybody state such a thing.
Also are there cases where the alleged rapists left the country and then there was a request to Interpol to extradite him back to Sweden?
It would be nice to know what Swedish lawyers have to say about this. I am interested not if it is all legal (it will be) but if this is standard practice.
If it is, no problem and the media just went after it, because he is somewhat famous. If it isn't, then they want him out of the way and Sweden has signed something to deport him to Gitmo.
Obviously now this could have changed as well and when he goes, he will be told there were no charges and Sweden can say they are still a free country, thanks to things becoming public. (Oh the irony)
OTOH they could let him leave to a third country that will then extradite him to the Democratic Republic of America and Sweden can say their hands are clean.
There's an app for that.
Don't tell me the sky is the limit when there are footsteps on the moon.
When I die, things will belong to those who inherit it. They will get the things I own. This is including my car including the gasoline in that car and also any debts I have.
If you have books from the library, they will still belong to the library when I die. They will not suddenly belong to those who I mentioned in my will.
Things I do not own, they will not get. e.g. they will not get my car if it is leased. I am not the owner, so they do not get it from me. It was never mine to give away.
And here lies the REAL issue. We do not own the things we think we own. We do not actually buy things, we lease or borrow them.
The music does not belong to us. I can imagine a future where people will not be able to actually own things. Your clothes will be owned by whatever brand you wear. Your music belongs to Apple. Your OS belongs to Microsoft. Your computer belongs to Dell.
And then you owe your soul to the company store.
Contracts can't also not take away certain rights, even if you signed them.
e.g. if I would sign a contract that says that my hardware is only supported for one year instead of the legal two (or is it now three) years standard in Europe, I would still be able to require support after 15 months.
Even if both parties agree on the terms, of a contract, there might be laws that could rule against it. e.g. signing a contract to work for less then minimal wage.
Sometimes it is unpossible to sign away your rights.
With a payment process, you should be forwarded to a different website. The website of the processor will then become the new top level. This site then can forward you to the previous site.
And I prefer it that way. I rather not have a company handle the payment and another delivering the merchandise.
That way there is no need for the company where I buy to have my credit card details. Is it foolproof? No, but more secure then giving my details to company X.
http://thequotesproject.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/brandalism.jpg
People are taking the piss out of you everyday.
They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear.
They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you're not sexy enough and that all the fun is happening somewhere else.
They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate.
They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it.
They are The Advertisers and they are laughing at you.
You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.
Fuck that.
Any advert in a public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours.
Itâ(TM)s yours to take, re-arrange and re-use. You can do whatever you like with it.
Asking for permission is like asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.
You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing, you especially don't owe them any courtesy. They owe you.
They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you.
They never asked for your permission, don't even start asking for theirs.
We (as in we, the people) have a say in other peoples medical procedures all the time. We tell people that they are not allowed to take certain substances for medical reasons.
We have a say in what other people are allowed to do all the time. We tell them they must wear a seat-belt or a helmet.
So why not here?
Yeah, bu that would create so much jobs, we would need to eliminate the war on drugs, so people who can do the jobs can get out of prison.
Just like the Mafia offers the ability to keep my knees?
That is a treat, not an offer. Please know the difference.
And you wonder why the rest of the world sees the USofA as a bully asking for your lunch money in return of not being beaten up.
And you wonder why the rest of the world hates you and want to kick your as and kill your people.
Those people do not hate your freedom. They hate your politics.
An old Cherokee is teaching his grandson about life:
A fight is going on inside me, he said to the boy. It is a terrible fight and it is between two wolves. One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego. The other is good - he is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion, and faith. This same fight is going on inside you - and inside every other person, too.
The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather,Which wolf will win?
The old Cherokee simply replied, The one you feed.
Just as a reference for future readers from the future, please let it be known that there are some people against the different wars (e.g. on drugs), the way terrorism is fought, water-boarding and Gitmo in the USofA.
And even if they know, they are unable (and some unwilling) to do anything against it.